Breakfast at home: top tips

Teenage breakfast

Breakfast is the most skipped meal of the day with up to 30% of school children missing breakfast every day. Teenagers are more likely to skip breakfast, especially girls. Here we share some tips on helping you think outside the box to make sure that breakfast becomes a part of your morning routine​.

Drinkable breakfasts

Smoothies are a good way to start the day if you do not have much appetite in the morning. Frozen fruit, yoghurt and milk work well.​

Brainpower

Did you know that research has proven that students who regularly eat breakfast do better in their GCSEs?​

Grab and go

Have you considered a sandwich for breakfast? Ham, cheese, peanut butter, tuna, chicken. Can be made the night before and eaten on the go. For more on the go ideas click here​.

A problem shared

When we talked to parents about what makes breakfast and the morning time stressful, they shared with us issues that most of us can recognise as familiar challenges in our own home.

Here are some of the shared views on what makes the morning time stressful. Click the statements you relate to for some helpful solutions.

“How to get children ​involved with cooking.”

“Understanding hidden sugars ​& salt in breakfast items.”

“Finding healthy alternatives ​to tempt younger ​children is a challenge.” 

“Understanding what foods are ​truly healthy.”

“Ideas for breakfasts I can make in advance or the night before to save time in the morning.”